Tomato Problems In My Garden: Identifying Pests & Diseases
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2023
- I wanted to show you all the problems tomatoes run into when the seasons starts to slow down, in particular how to ID root knot nematode. I've harvested more tomatoes than I ever expected, literally over hundred large slicers. But the main crop tomatoes have finally given in to the fungal disease pressures of my coastal climate. Not all is lost, I have multiple backups going in this week and a half dozen healthy producers still going.
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I had to fix an issue with sound quality so if you saw this go up a few hours ago you aren't seeing things! I wanted to make sure you all got the best quality I could offer so I re-uploaded and here it is!
Thank you for showing the camera all those various pests and diseases. Most of these were issues I've heard about, but now I actually know what to look for
Just a note, folks, if you're cutting down diseased plants be sure to disinfect your tools before you use them on non-diseased plants.
Not that I rejoice in seeing any of your plants go south, but just the other day I was thinking of how I wished you or Kevin would post a video of dealing problems in your garden. We see so many videos of giant harvests and healthy veggies and fruits, it starts to get a little depressing for us simple gardeners out here on the struggle bus. Even knowing everything isn't perfect all the time, it can be hard to envision when you guys have such amazing gardens.
Will you consider growing some of your tomatoes (determinate) in containers while you rehabilitate the soil? I would love to see that and get some tips!
Man! I feel you! This is my first real year of trying to garden. I’ve had so many learning experiences and they are HEART breaking!😢 I had never seen aphids before and they took over ALL of my pak choy that I had let go to seed. They were all over the flower heads. Luckily I had your videos on how to get rid of them. But it was so gross 🤮 and I think there was something else attacking the leaves because they were suddenly full of holes and turned yellow. I’ve had problems with irrigation and planting too densely, which caused my beautiful zucchini plants to stop growing. They kept trying tho! I had a bunch of teeny tiny zucc’s from them. But they looked sad and diseased all summer. All in all, I learned a lot of what not to do’s for next year and the remaining fall season. Thank you for all your helpful videos and so sorry about your beautiful tomatoes 💜
Not fun finding pests and issues in the garden for sure but I think the weird growing season this year had a lot of us ignoring growing problems thinking plants were just behind. Up here in Toronto I don't have too many pests i've had to deal with yet but as you said, if you don't check for a while you're sure to find something coming after your plants!!
Sorry! Depressing but really helpful, Jacques. Thanks for your willingness to show us these various challenges up close. I feel better able to identify them and have a plan going forward should I encounter them. In fact, I know I have a couple of issues going on in the garden at this point and will now take a closer look at what those are. Thanks again and onward!
The timing of this video was impeccable! Was just realizing that I had a lot of fungal issues on a few of my tomatoes as well especially coming off of a storm and wondering what to do about it, thanks for making this video!
Thanks Jacques. I appreciate showing the frustrations that can happen to even seasoned gardeners. My tomato yields have been middling again and I'm sure soil issues are at play. I know I should attempt to figure it out, but there are so many potential factors that it's easier to just be lazy than try and get to the (here it comes) root of the problem. Gardening is supposed to be fun and rewarding but it can go very wrong in myriad ways (hey, just like life!)
Thank you so much for this video. I watched it a few weeks ago and had never heard of root knot nematodes. Then today, I was clearing a tomato bed and pulled up a tomatoe plant to look at the roots, and there was the bugger... nematode knots! I searched back to rewatch your video and will pick up some French marigold seeds tomorrow and also will plant kohlrabi in that raised bed.
Really a bummer to have to pull your plants, but it was so educational to see these issues up close to know what to watch out for and how to attempt remediation. Thank you so much, Jacques!
I`m in Encinitas in a valley with sandy soil. The nematodes are really doing a number on my cantaloupe this year. My better boy tomato is producing well and I read that variety is resistant to nematodes. So far my sugar baby watermelons are producing well and are delicious. I dug out a cantaloupe today (July 19) and what a mess the roots were. They set fruit but they didn`t mature.
I have also been battling root knot nematodes. I applied beneficial nematodes last season and planted a few marigolds in that bed. Any beans and cucumbers I planted in those beds died, BUT the eggplants, peppers and luffa thrived (despite seeing huge root knots on the luffa after pulling). I am now applying crab meal (shrimp meal is also supposed to be effective due to the chitin these contain), neem meal (couldn't hurt) and planting things like garlic, onions and strawberries in those beds, because they are supposed to be resistant to RKN. I believe there are tomatoes that have been bred to be resistant to RKN as well...
So sorry for your tomato loss and thank you for sharing your gardening woes with us. A nasty fungus took out a majority of my plants this year just as they were about to set fruit so definitely feel your loss!
Well that bites. Sorry your sorrow turned into an informative video. We've had a small amount of blossom end rot and not much else here in San Jose.
I really appreciate your videos. I had those same bugs in my garden and now I know what they did to it. Thank you for such an informative video.
Jacques, I had nematodes in my tomato bed one year, but I didn’t know that French marigolds took care of the problem. I solarized that garden bed for a year to rid myself of the problem. Sorry about your sungolds.
At the end of the season last year, I wrapped all my green tomatoes individually in packing paper (like blank newspaper type paper) and put them in one or two layers in a cardboard box, closed it up and left it in the corner of a room for a couple weeks. Periodically I checked in on them, and after a couple weeks or more, VOILA! They had all turned red!! Unwrapping each tomato was like opening a birthday present! I was able to increase my tomato sauce yield substantially by doing that, so it'll be something I will do again for sure at the end of this tomato season.
I saw some leaf footed nymphs but didn’t know what they were and didn’t want to kill something beneficial. By the time I realized what it was, I couldn’t find it 😫 I’ll just add it to the list of insects that will ravage the garden this year. It’s been rough.